Development

Misc Discuss here miscellaneous stuff around development of openHAB. Features This category can be used to inform user and other developers about new features under development and to discuss details about them. Add-ons Discuss here how to develop add-ons and ask conceptional questions on the technologies, concepts, etc. Marketplace This category can be used by everyone that is looking for custom development work around openHAB or professional services like help on installation / customisation or similar tasks. IDE & Build Discuss here how to use/setup the IDE and build systems. Documentation Topics around how the documentation is organized, built and structured.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Development category Development	0	2470	January 18, 2019
Openhab-claude Development ai , binding-development	22	487	June 6, 2026
Discussion: Triggering Thing Actions directly from UI without Channel/Item mapping (for static .thing files) Add-ons things	3	83	June 5, 2026
OH5 Build Server Availability Development snapshot , development , openhab5	3	189	June 5, 2026
Running `org.openhab.demo.app` with `org.openhab.automation.jsscripting` enabled IDE & Build	24	275	May 30, 2026
VS Code and Copilot free plan IDE & Build ai , copilot	38	565	May 26, 2026
A thing that can only be created from a discovery result Add-ons	5	82	May 19, 2026
Avoid update/xxx.xml while developping an addon Add-ons	7	148	May 17, 2026
Rules and rule templates YAML integration Development rules , template , rules-dsl , yaml	308	2061	May 15, 2026
MainUI: How to create a pop-up sub-menu Misc main-ui , f7	10	191	May 13, 2026
Any recent changes to SSE and/or authentication? Misc	6	111	May 9, 2026
How can I use in a widget a font stored on static? Development widget	6	103	May 7, 2026
Usage of org.apache.commons.math3 Development	9	153	May 6, 2026
Pros and cons of marketplace bindings vs. core bindings Add-ons	36	558	April 28, 2026
How to animate the color of a F7 icon efficiently, using opacity Development css , mainui	18	166	June 4, 2026
YAML File-based Pages and Widgets Features	19	262	April 18, 2026
Lambda Heat Pump in OpenHab Add-ons modbus	121	2735	April 17, 2026
How to handle historic values from an API service Add-ons	5	111	April 3, 2026
Feature: Native App for Sailfish-OS Features	10	255	April 3, 2026
Empty "firmware" documentation chapter "TODO" Documentation	0	63	March 31, 2026
Resolve "demo app" after `SitemapProvider` was added IDE & Build	1	37	March 28, 2026
BLE 5.0 garage door controller integration - GATT service discovery help Misc	0	38	March 22, 2026
Supporting spot energy pricing Add-ons	79	915	March 7, 2026
Solvis heat pump - Should I create a binding (and if yes, how complex should it be)? Add-ons modbus	3	157	March 3, 2026
Pax Log4J logging not working in eclipse IDE & Build	0	34	February 26, 2026
Observability support for openHAB based on OpenTelemetry Misc observability , opentelemetry	5	267	February 19, 2026
Upgrade instructions to add new Channel Group? Add-ons	2	92	February 15, 2026
Problems creating dynamic channels Add-ons	1	69	February 13, 2026
Eclipse files in Git repos Development	10	171	March 17, 2026
MainUI: How to handle HTTP status 204? Development main-ui	2	94	January 29, 2026